Jeremías 26:3

3 Quizá te escuchen y se aparten de sus malos caminos. Entonces cambiaré de parecer acerca del desastre que estoy por derramar sobre ellos a causa de sus pecados”.

Jeremías 26:3 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 26:3

If so be they will hearken
And obey; which is expressive not of ignorance and conjecture in God, but of his patience and long suffering, granting space and time for repentance, and the means of it; which disregarded, leave without excuse: and turn every man from his evil way;
his series and course of life, which was evil, and was the case of everyone; so that as their sin was general, the reformation ought to be so too: that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do unto them;
or "am thinking", or "devising ^F4 to do unto them"; which repentance must be understood not of a change of mind, but of the course of his providence towards them, which, by his threatenings, and some steps taken, portended ruin and destruction; yet, in case of repentance and reformation, he would change his method of action agreeably to his will: because of the evil of their doings;
this was the reason why he had threatened them with the evil of punishment, because of the evil of their actions; which were breaches of his law, and such as provoked the eyes of his glory.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (bvx ykna rva) "quod ego (sum) cogitans", Schmidt.

Jeremías 26:3 In-Context

1 Jeremías escapa de la muerte
Jeremías recibió el siguiente mensaje del Señor
a principios del reinado de Joacim, hijo de Josías,
rey de Judá.

2 «Esto dice el Señor
: “Ponte de pie en el atrio que está delante del templo del Señor
y haz un anuncio a la gente que ha venido de toda Judá a adorar. Dales mi mensaje completo sin que falte una sola palabra.

3 Quizá te escuchen y se aparten de sus malos caminos. Entonces cambiaré de parecer acerca del desastre que estoy por derramar sobre ellos a causa de sus pecados”.

4 »Diles: “Esto dice el Señor
: ‘Si ustedes no me escuchan ni obedecen la palabra que les he dado

5 ni tampoco escuchan a mis siervos, los profetas —porque los envié una y otra vez para advertirles, pero ustedes rehusaron escucharlos—,